Meta report · week of 17–23 Aug 2026
Deadlock meta report: 17–23 August 2026
352,284 matches from Monday 17 Aug to Sunday 23 Aug (UTC), all of them finished. Written the Monday after and never changed. Graves won most often, at 56.9%. Pick a rank to see the same report where you play.
Every match, including the 66% with no average badge (mostly unranked). The rank groups use only the 34% that have one.
Meta map, All ranks
Each hero by pick rate (across) and win rate (up). Heroes above the dashed line won more than they lost. Twelve heroes play each match, so pick rates add up to well over 100%.
Tier board, All ranks
31 of 38 heroes have a sure tier. A dashed ring and two letters mean the hero's 95% range crosses a cut-off, so the tier could be either.
Risers and fallers, All ranks
Since last week
Win rate in the week of 17–23 Aug 2026 against 10–16 Aug 2026.
Risers
Celeste51.2% → 52.6%+1.4 ±0.422 Aug patch
Vyper49.7% → 50.4%+0.7 ±0.512 Aug patch
Graves56.3% → 56.9%+0.6 ±0.4
Mo & Krill51.8% → 52.4%+0.6 ±0.4
Viscous48.6% → 49.2%+0.6 ±0.5
Fallers
McGinnis51.8% → 49.5%−2.3 ±0.512 Aug patch
Holliday47.5% → 46.7%−0.8 ±0.512 Aug patch
Billy48.7% → 48.0%−0.7 ±0.412 Aug patch
Apollo50.6% → 50.1%−0.4 ±0.412 Aug patch
Drifter50.7% → 50.3%−0.4 ±0.312 Aug patch
26 of 38 heroes with 500+ matches in both windows changed by less than their samples' noise.
Since the 22 Aug patch
Win rate in the 1.1 days since the patch against the week before it.
Risers
Warden50.7% → 51.7%+1.0 ±0.9
Paradox46.7% → 47.5%+0.8 ±0.7
Wraith51.1% → 51.7%+0.7 ±0.712 Aug patch
Bebop46.8% → 47.4%+0.6 ±0.6
Fallers
- Celeste52.6% → 51.5%−1.2 ±0.722 Aug patch
Infernus49.7% → 48.7%−1.0 ±0.6
32 of 38 heroes with 500+ matches in both windows changed by less than their samples' noise.
A hero is listed only if its win rate changed by more than the 95% range of the difference (the number after ±, in points) between the two windows. A change inside that range is noise.
Pick and ban movers, All ranks
Pick rate
Share of matches the hero was in, against last week.
Picked more
- Celeste40.2% → 45.9%+5.722 Aug patch
Mina35.6% → 38.7%+3.1- Paradox30.4% → 33.2%+2.8
- Vyper19.7% → 21.5%+1.812 Aug patch
Venator38.2% → 39.4%+1.2
Picked less
- McGinnis22.4% → 18.6%−3.812 Aug patch
- Drifter49.3% → 45.9%−3.412 Aug patch
- Billy40.5% → 37.2%−3.412 Aug patch
- Holliday24.6% → 21.7%−2.912 Aug patch
Ivy33.1% → 31.7%−1.412 Aug patch
Bans
Share of 25,359 matches with ban data in which the hero was banned.
Most banned
The Doorman20.6%−2.6- McGinnis16.8%−5.1
- Celeste14.2%+10.9
- Wraith13.4%+3.1
- Bebop12.2%+0.3
Banned more
- Celeste3.3% → 14.2%+10.922 Aug patch
- Wraith10.3% → 13.4%+3.112 Aug patch
- Apollo8.8% → 10.8%+2.012 Aug patch
- Vyper2.7% → 4.1%+1.312 Aug patch
Vindicta10.1% → 11.0%+0.912 Aug patch
Banned less
- McGinnis21.9% → 16.8%−5.112 Aug patch
- The Doorman23.3% → 20.6%−2.712 Aug patch
Haze13.4% → 10.9%−2.5
Shiv7.6% → 6.6%−0.9- Graves12.7% → 12.1%−0.6
Item risers and fallers, All ranks
Bought more
High-Velocity Rounds18.0% → 19.5%+1.5won 50.3% +0.3
Restorative Locket8.3% → 9.7%+1.4won 50.4% +0.322 Aug patch
Opening Rounds15.5% → 16.8%+1.3won 50.2% +0.3
Witchmail5.8% → 6.9%+1.1won 57.1% +0.2
Healing Booster20.9% → 21.9%+0.9won 51.6% +0.3
Torment Pulse13.7% → 14.6%+0.9won 53.6% +0.2
Bought less
Superior Cooldown38.7% → 37.6%−1.1won 51.9% −0.1
Enchanter's Emblem18.4% → 17.4%−1.0won 50.5% +0.1
Slowing Bullets6.7% → 5.9%−0.8won 49.0% −0.3
Rapid Recharge29.1% → 28.3%−0.8won 51.0% −0.2
Extra Charge35.2% → 34.4%−0.8won 50.6% −0.2
Mystic Shot12.1% → 11.4%−0.7won 49.8% +0.1
Buy rate is the share of player-matches the item was bought in, this week against last, for 156 items with 500+ buys in both. The win rate beside it is descriptive: players who are ahead buy more items, so it doesn't say the item wins games.
Patches around this week
- 22 Aug patch: Minor Update - 08-22-2026
Landed during this week (Saturday 22 August). 12 changes, 1 hero, 2 items.
Heroes changed: Celeste.
Changed by this patch and moving here: Celeste −1.2, Restorative Locket +1.4 bought.
- 12 Aug patch: Minor Update - 08-12-2026
Landed the week before (Wednesday 12 August). 31 changes, 13 heroes.
Heroes changed: Apollo, Billy, The Doorman, Drifter, Holliday, Ivy, Lash, McGinnis, Paige, Seven, Vindicta, Vyper, Wraith.
Changed by this patch and moving here: Vyper +0.7, McGinnis −2.3, Holliday −0.8, Billy −0.7, Apollo −0.4, Drifter −0.4, Wraith +0.7.
Every hero, All ranks
| # | Hero | Tier | Win rate | 95% range | vs last week | Pick rate | Ban rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Graves | S | 56.9% | 56.7%–57.2% | +0.6 | 38.7% | 12.1% | 136,248 |
| 2 |  Victor | S | 56.5% | 56.3%–56.8% | −0.1 | 33.4% | 10.6% | 117,656 |
| 3 |  Seven | S | 54.9% | 54.7%–55.2% | +0.2 | 38.4% | 2.4% | 135,214 |
| 4 |  Kelvin | S | 54.3% | 53.9%–54.7% | +0.2 | 19.5% | 4.9% | 68,719 |
| 5 |  Paige | S | 54.1% | 53.8%–54.4% | −0.2 | 33.4% | 1.4% | 117,561 |
| 6 | Ivy | S | 53.9% | 53.6%–54.2% | +0.2 | 31.7% | 2.4% | 111,667 |
| 7 | Celeste | S | 52.6% | 52.3%–52.8% | +1.4 | 45.9% | 14.2% | 161,735 |
| 8 | Mo & Krill | S | 52.4% | 52.1%–52.7% | +0.6 | 32.2% | 9.3% | 113,548 |
| 9 |  Dynamo | A | 51.7% | 51.4%–52.0% | +0.2 | 30.2% | 5.4% | 106,227 |
| 10 |  Lash | A | 51.6% | 51.4%–51.9% | −0.3 | 46.1% | 8.7% | 162,311 |
| 11 |  Calico | A | 51.4% | 51.1%–51.7% | +0.2 | 26.6% | 5.4% | 93,650 |
| 12 |  Abrams | A | 51.2% | 51.0%–51.5% | +0.4 | 34.7% | 1.8% | 122,296 |
| 13 | Vindicta | A | 51.2% | 51.0%–51.5% | −0.1 | 35.1% | 11.0% | 123,666 |
| 14 | Wraith | A | 51.2% | 51.0%–51.5% | +0.2 | 41.3% | 13.4% | 145,358 |
| 15 | Warden | A | 50.9% | 50.6%–51.2% | −0.1 | 23.7% | 1.2% | 83,500 |
| 16 | Haze | B | 50.5% | 50.2%–50.7% | 0.0 | 40.5% | 10.9% | 142,620 |
| 17 | Vyper | B | 50.4% | 50.1%–50.8% | +0.7 | 21.5% | 4.1% | 75,606 |
| 18 | Drifter | B | 50.3% | 50.1%–50.6% | −0.4 | 45.9% | 7.4% | 161,616 |
| 19 | Apollo | B | 50.1% | 49.9%–50.4% | −0.4 | 30.0% | 10.8% | 105,528 |
| 20 |  Lady Geist | B | 49.8% | 49.5%–50.1% | −0.1 | 27.5% | 2.3% | 96,961 |
| 21 | Infernus | B | 49.5% | 49.2%–49.7% | 0.0 | 46.8% | 4.9% | 164,695 |
| 22 | McGinnis | B | 49.5% | 49.1%–49.8% | −2.3 | 18.6% | 16.8% | 65,651 |
| 23 | Viscous | B | 49.2% | 48.9%–49.5% | +0.6 | 24.7% | 6.1% | 87,053 |
| 24 |  Yamato | C | 48.5% | 48.1%–48.8% | +0.1 | 26.8% | 3.8% | 94,305 |
| 25 | Billy | C | 48.0% | 47.7%–48.3% | −0.7 | 37.2% | 4.0% | 130,931 |
| 26 | Shiv | C | 47.6% | 47.3%–47.9% | −0.3 | 31.2% | 6.6% | 109,823 |
| 27 |  Grey Talon | C | 47.6% | 47.2%–48.0% | +0.3 | 17.3% | 1.4% | 60,756 |
| 28 |  Rem | D | 47.2% | 46.9%–47.5% | −0.1 | 36.9% | 3.2% | 129,877 |
| 29 | Bebop | D | 46.9% | 46.7%–47.1% | +0.1 | 48.9% | 12.2% | 172,061 |
| 30 | Paradox | D | 46.9% | 46.6%–47.1% | +0.1 | 33.2% | 1.3% | 116,891 |
| 31 | Holliday | D | 46.7% | 46.4%–47.1% | −0.8 | 21.7% | 4.2% | 76,469 |
| 32 | The Doorman | D | 46.0% | 45.6%–46.4% | −0.3 | 17.9% | 20.6% | 62,994 |
| 33 |  Pocket | D | 45.6% | 45.3%–45.9% | +0.1 | 26.9% | 2.7% | 94,880 |
| 34 | Venator | D | 45.4% | 45.1%–45.7% | −0.4 | 39.4% | 0.8% | 138,755 |
| 35 |  Silver | D | 45.1% | 44.8%–45.5% | −0.3 | 23.1% | 2.1% | 81,418 |
| 36 | Mina | D | 45.0% | 44.7%–45.2% | −0.1 | 38.7% | 2.8% | 136,282 |
| 37 |  Sinclair | D | 44.9% | 44.5%–45.3% | −0.2 | 16.6% | 2.5% | 58,398 |
| 38 |  Mirage | D | 44.2% | 43.8%–44.6% | −0.3 | 18.1% | 3.1% | 63,903 |
How this report is made
Every number is from deadlock-api's ranked and unranked standard matches that started between Monday 00:00 and Sunday 23:59 UTC, as counted on the Monday after at 12:00 UTC. Matches it takes in later aren't added: the report is written once. Rank is the match's average badge, grouped as on the tier list.
Tiers use the tier list's cut-offs but also the sample: each win rate has a 95% range (Wilson), and a hero whose range crosses a cut-off is marked with the tiers it could be. A hero with under 500 matches isn't placed. Ban rates cover only the matches deadlock-api could read bans from. Movers are compared with the same rank the week before, and with the week before the latest patch.
More: the live tier list, patch notes and ranks. The earlier reports are in the archive.